<?php 
/**
 * This file is part of DomAr.
 * 
 * DomAr is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * DomAr is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with DomAr.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 * 
 * @link http://inditel.ee/
 * @copyright 2007-2009 Inditel Meedia OÜ
 * @author Oliver Leisalu <oliver@inditel.ee>
 */

/**
* @package DomAr
* @subpackage Validators
*/
abstract class DomArValidator {

	/**
	* Validation method
	*
	* returns Int where 0 is ok and other numbers are false. Use these to keep track of different errors. 
	* Keep in mind that error numbers should differ from basic validator numbers. If you use same numbers you can't make difference if validation failed
	* on custom or default validation. One way is to start all custom validation error numbers with 10, like 100, 112 etc. 
	* It's unlikely that any default validator has more than 99 validation steps/error numbers.
	* @return Int
	*/
	public static function validate( $value ) {
		return 0;
	}

}
?>